Civil Rights Lawyer Jia Cobb Beneficial for DC Federal Bench, Amid Push for Extra Numerous Judges

E. Barrett Prettyman’s US Courthouse, home of the US Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit and the US District Court for the District of Columbia on June 6, 2020. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi / ALM

Eleanor Holmes Norton MP recommends civil rights attorney Jia Cobb to fill the seat of District Judge Emmet Sullivan in the Washington, DC court.

Norton, who is the only DC representative in Congress, under President Joe Biden, plays the role that senators normally have in recommending judges for the US District Court for the District of Columbia. In a statement Thursday announcing Cobb’s recommendation, Norton said, “Cobb has all of the qualities necessary to be an exceptional federal judge.”